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what does pip do to not suck? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 days ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/python@programming.dev
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I've been trying to get luarocks to work on windows, and all it gives is cryptic gcc errors.

How does pip manage to work on most platforms without issues?

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[โ€“] Corbin@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pick a language like Perl, where some packages are written in C and some are written in pure Perl, and you'll get to experience the same cryptic GCC errors, sometimes. There's no secret to pip; many Python developers upload wheels with pre-compiled binaries, including Windows-compatible binaries, and so you don't have to run GCC because they already did it for you.

[โ€“] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks, this is the explanation I was looking for.

Also, lua is the same, packages are either written in c or pure lua.